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Atharva Veda 18.3.16: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 16

Sukta 3

विश्वा॑मित्र॒ जम॑दग्ने॒ वसि॑ष्ठ॒ भर॑द्वाज॒ गोत॑म॒ वाम॑देव । श॒र्दिर्नो॒ अत्रि॑रग्रभी॒न्नमो॑भिः॒ सुसं॑शासः॒ पित॑रो मृ॒डता॑ नः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 18.3.16

viśvā́mitra jamádagne vásiṣṭha bháradvāja gótama vāmádeva | śárdir no átrir agrabhīn námobhiḥ súsamśāsaḥ pítaro mṛḍatá naḥ

O Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Gotama, Vāmadeva: Atri hath grasped for us protection with reverences. O Fathers, well-ordained, be gracious unto us.

विश्वामित्र, जमदग्नि, वसिष्ठ, भरद्वाज, गोतम, वामदेव, यह सब रिशि हैं। अत्रि ने हमें बचाया है, उनकी प्रार्थना से। पितरो, तुम भी हमपे खुश रहो और हमें आशीर्वाद दो।

विश्वामित्रO Viśvāmitra
विश्वामित्र:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootविश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) < विश्व + मित्र
जमदग्नेO Jamadagni
जमदग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootजमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) < जमद् + अग्नि
वसिष्ठO Vasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootवसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
भरद्वाजO Bharadvāja
भरद्वाज:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootभरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
गौतमO Gautama
गौतम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootगौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
वामदेवO Vāmadeva
वामदेव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootवामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
शर्दिःprotection; shelter
शर्दिः:
कर्तृ (of the verb ‘अग्रभीत्’)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्दि (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us; our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अत्रिःAtri
अत्रिः:
कर्तृ (agent)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootअत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रभीत्has seized; has taken hold (of)
अग्रभीत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु) < अङ्-उपसर्ग + ग्रह्
नमोभिःwith salutations; with reverences
नमोभिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुसंशासःwell-instructing; giving good guidance
सुसंशासः:
विशेषण (of ‘पितरः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + सं-शास (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘सुसंशास’)
पितरःFathers; Ancestors
पितरः:
कर्तृ (of the imperative ‘मृडत’)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
मृडतbe gracious; show mercy
मृडत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमृड् (धातु)
नःus
नः:
कर्म (object of ‘मृडत’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Rishi: Composite seer-litany within pitṛ-hymn tradition

Devata: Pitaraḥ; secondarily Ṛṣayaḥ as protectors

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approx.; AV transmission may show minor irregularities)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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